diff --git a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/hooks/test_github.py b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/hooks/test_github.py
index f94c9b1c91c48..f7e294f9c915e 100644
--- a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/hooks/test_github.py
+++ b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/hooks/test_github.py
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 from airflow.models import Connection
 from airflow.providers.github.hooks.github import GithubHook
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
-
-
 github_client_mock = Mock(name="github_client_for_test")
 
 
diff --git a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
index 0738e0ba6648d..cdfc72177e5a2 100644
--- a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
+++ b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/operators/test_github.py
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 from airflow.providers.github.operators.github import GithubOperator
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
-
-
 DEFAULT_DATE = timezone.datetime(2017, 1, 1)
 github_client_mock = Mock(name="github_client_for_test")
 
@@ -60,6 +57,7 @@ def test_operator_init_with_optional_args(self):
         assert github_operator.github_method_args == {}
         assert github_operator.result_processor is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.db_test
     @patch(
         "airflow.providers.github.hooks.github.GithubClient", autospec=True, return_value=github_client_mock
     )
diff --git a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/sensors/test_github.py b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/sensors/test_github.py
index 6a4a50fa481da..b885be43ddedd 100644
--- a/providers/github/tests/unit/github/sensors/test_github.py
+++ b/providers/github/tests/unit/github/sensors/test_github.py
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 from airflow.providers.github.sensors.github import GithubTagSensor
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
-
-
 DEFAULT_DATE = timezone.datetime(2017, 1, 1)
 github_client_mock = Mock(name="github_client_for_test")